Tamer Tournaments
At a glance
| Cups | Open Cup and Level 50 Cup, once a week each |
|---|---|
| Start times | 02:00, 14:00 or 19:00 UTC, rotating |
| Format | Single elimination, with a match for third place |
| Prizes | 1st 10,000 VX, 2nd 5,000 VX, 3rd 5,000 VX (per cup, per week) |
Tamer Tournaments are weekly bracket events between Tamers.
The two cups
| Cup | Rules |
|---|---|
| Open Cup | Partners fight at their own levels with their own stats; Sigils apply. |
| Level 50 Cup | Every partner is scaled to Lv 50. Species, IVs and EVs still matter; the level does not. Some moves are not allowed. |
Schedule
- Each cup runs once a week on a different weekday from the week before, and never on the same weekday as that week's other cup.
- The start hour rotates between 02:00, 14:00 and 19:00 UTC and never repeats the previous week's hour.
- Registration for next week's event opens the moment this week's event starts. The event begins when registration closes.
- Reminders go out to every channel 3 h, 2 h, 1 h, 30, 15, 10 and 5 minutes before registration closes.
The bracket
- Entrants are shuffled into seeds. When the field is not a power of two, the top seeds get byes.
- An opponent who does not show forfeits; the other player advances.
- The two semi-final losers play for third place.
- Prizes are paid in VX directly to the winners.